Li Shimin

And now, he has connected all the furnaces in the forge with iron chimneys, which means that they can directly burn coal to make steel.

Thinking about it, Li Xuan's face was full of joy.

Ok?

Suddenly, Li Xuan thought of the source of wrought iron explained by Ying Qi and Wu Fu.

It seems that wrought iron is also made from pig iron.

Moreover, in the process of frying wrought iron with pig iron, many times of stirring are required to carry out oxidative decarburization, and this process also took a long time.

Then, when the pig iron is decarburized, the molten iron of the pig iron is allowed to cool down at a certain time when the carbon content is high. Isn’t it low-carbon steel or high-carbon steel?

Thinking about it, Li Xuan's heart moved and he stood up directly.

Come quickly to the forge.

And this time, Ying Qi and Wu Fu have already started forging pig iron.

Li Xuan directly explained what he had just thought to the two of them in detail.

Ying Qi and Wu Fu are obviously not the masters of peace, or in the past few months in Li Family Village, under the influence of Li Xuan, these two craftsmen have also learned to tinker with some weird things.

After listening to Li Xuan's narration, the two of them immediately brightened their eyes, patted their chests, and said firmly:

"Master, don't worry, now coal is used as fuel, and it takes half an hour to calcine a furnace of pig iron molten iron. I'll try it out for a few days, and then I can verify whether the smelting method Master said will produce hard steel. !"

"So, I will trouble the two craftsmen!"

Li Xuan also had a happy expression on his face, "The two of you have worked hard these past few days. You can pick five catties of vegetables from my glass greenhouse in a while, and bring them home to taste with your wives and children. Wait until the cement and steel burn When it is finished and a house can be built, the two of you can also build a house in the Li Family Manor and bring your wives and children here!"

"Thank you, Master!"

Now, Ying Qi and Wu Fu were even more excited.

What a great thing it would be to settle down in a prince's village. They knew it all too well after spending all these years in prison!

Immediately, he was full of motivation.

"Master, don't worry, even if you try a hundred times, or even a thousand times, the two of us will definitely burn that steel!"

"Very good!"

Hearing this, Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he went out.

Cement and steelmaking have been arranged, and the rest of the time is to wait slowly.

He believed in the talents of Ying Qi and Wu Fu.

……

"Everything is arranged?"

As soon as he entered the room, Li Xuan found that Li Yuan was sitting on the sofa with a smile on his face, looking at him quietly.

"Ok!"

Li Xuan smiled lightly, and also sat on the sofa.

Li Chongyi on the side had already poured a cup of hot tea.

"I heard that you are going to build a house?"

Li Yuan asked, his eyes flashed with splendor.

"Exactly, this room is already a bit small!"

Li Xuan looked up at the house he had lived in for two years, and said with emotion.

"Indeed, this room is fine if you live alone. However, if there are more family members, it will be cramped!"

Li Yuan nodded repeatedly.

Ok?

After listening, Li Xuan was taken aback, feeling as if what Old Man Xiong said did not mean the same as what he said!

However, I didn't think much about it.

However, Li Yuan on the side didn't intend to stop, and his face was still full of interest.

"Xuanba, I don't know how big a mansion you want to build? Do you have any blueprints and plans? Would you like me to call the general supervisor, Gongsun Nian, to give you a detailed plan?"

"For this matter, I already have plans and drawings, and then I just need to send some craftsmen to build the house!"

Li Xuan directly refused.

Just kidding, after seeing so many buildings in later generations, he had a fantasy about his house deep in his heart.

However, the 100-square-meter house in later generations has been sold at sky-high prices, and even if he struggles for [-] years, he still cannot afford it.

Now, he wanted money and money, but he still couldn't spend it all.If there are craftsmen, and they are all the top craftsman team in Datang, he must turn the fantasy in his mind into reality.

"I see!"

Hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, but he soon returned to normal.

Afterwards, he asked again: "In the past few days, the news that the old man has grown vegetables in Li's Village has spread throughout Chang'an City. Even the surrounding families have also received the news, and they are riding here in a carriage day and night. .”

"Does Xuanba have any regulations regarding which nobles and officials from aristocratic families come in to watch the glass greenhouse?"

"I'm not familiar with any of those people. Moreover, those more than 200 glass greenhouses are all yours. You can let whoever you want come in!"

Li Xuan said slowly.

He really didn't know anything about these things.

However, the old man Xiong in front of him is definitely an old goblin who hides his secrets.

According to so many days of getting along, he could tell that although the old man in front of him often had a gentle face, he was by no means an incompetent king who was soft and indecisive, and whose rewards and punishments were unknown.

But a resourceful, wise and foolish old goblin.

Seeing that Li Xuan was not interested in what he said, Li Yuan stopped asking.

After drinking the tea, Li Xuan stood up and walked towards the glass greenhouse.

It seems that he has been in a very busy state these days, and has no chance to calm down and inspect his vegetable garden carefully.

……

the next few days.

As Li Yuan said, the convoys drove into Chang'an City from all directions.

Even, some people have already started wandering outside Li's Village despite the cold wind blowing through.

In the Tai Chi Palace, Li Shimin was also busy walking around. After a while, the patriarch of a certain big family asked to see him, or an official asked to see him.

Even, some Tang envoys also entered the palace to ask to see Li Shimin!

Anyway, no matter who they are, what topics they talk about, or their final intentions, they can all be related to those glass sheds in Lijiazhuang!

……

Chapter 153 Steel!

However, Li Xuan didn't know about these things, and wouldn't care about them.

At first, Li Yuan was asked to build the glass shed, just to find something for old man Xiong to do, so that old man Xiong would not have so much time to trouble himself.

However, he didn't expect that Old Man Xiong would have the courage to directly build glass sheds in the entire Li Family Village.

There are so many vegetables in the vegetable garden of [-] mu, so naturally we can't just waste it like this, we have to get back some of the capital, and make some money along the way.

Moreover, the farmers in Lijiazhuang are still so poor!

However, Li Xuan had already proposed the idea of ​​how to sell it to those officials, and the specific matters were implemented by them, so Li Xuan didn't bother thinking about it.

Now, every day when he was free, Li Xuan took a small notebook and led Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi to drill in the forging workshop.

The house is the first priority!

Although Ying Qi and Wu Fu experiment slowly, there will always be results.

However, Li Xuan couldn't stand it anymore.

Anyway, these days, he has already taught Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others the number arithmetic and alphabetic alphabet that should be taught.As for advanced knowledge, these people don't need it, and he doesn't have the ability to teach others.

Ying Qi and Wu Fu, every time a piece of iron was tested, no matter whether it was good or bad, they recorded the time, saved the sample, and marked the information.

On the first day, pig iron and wrought iron were smelted first, and then the time of smelting was slowly deduced from the beginning and end to the middle of the experiment.

Therefore, it took another five days, and after placing more than 30 pieces of steel and iron in the forge, Li Xuan stopped the experiment.

However, as early as the third day, a piece of black and shiny steel made Li Xuan and others feel certain.

However, Li Xuan still wanted to try to see if there would be better iron blocks, so he didn't stop experimenting.

"Master, the iron in this place is the hardest, even harder than the hundred-smelting steel!"

After comparing all the steel blocks with the iron blocks, Ying Qi held up the palm-width black steel block and reported to Li Xuan with a happy face.

"Very good, these two craftsmen have worked hard for the past few days!"

Li Xuan also had a happy expression on his face. He picked up the piece of steel, walked to the iron pieces on the side, and smashed them down one by one.

The eyes of Li Xuan, Cheng Chusi and the others were shining brightly.

really!

Some poor-quality iron blocks were directly broken into two pieces. As for some good-quality iron blocks and steel blocks, they were also smashed with scars.

There is only this one piece, and there are only marks of bumps on it.

"It's this kind of steel!"

Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

"I need at least [-] catties of this kind of steel, and I have to trouble the two craftsmen again!"

"Ten thousand pounds?"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu were startled, and then nodded repeatedly. It's only [-] catties, and they can make it in more than ten days.

"In a while, I will draw the size and style of the steel I need, and the two of you will make a mold and refine it according to that style!"

"Yes, Master!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu hand in hand again.

"In addition, for the cement, please burn it as soon as possible. If you want to build a house, you need at least [-] catties of cement!"

Li Xuan said again, "If you don't have enough manpower, the two master craftsmen can find Gao Ming and ask Gao Ming to allocate manpower for you, or you can go directly to the farmers in Li's Village!"

"Master, don't worry!"

Ying Qi and Wu Fu were full of confidence.

As for manpower, the two of them never worried.

Seeing this, Li Xuan didn't pay attention to it, and walked directly into his own room.

Pick up the pen and paper, and draw on the paper.

According to his imagination, draw several specifications of steel bars on paper, and some molds and steel rings that can be used, all are drawn, and the required quantity is marked.

Then, hand it over to Ying Qi and Wu Fu.

Next, the firing of cement is also very simple.

In less than half a day, the two put a bowl of blue-gray powder in front of Li Xuan.

Li Xuan didn't comment on this, but just poured a little water into it, then mixed it with some sand, and placed it next to the iron stove.

After an hour, it becomes as hard as a stone.

Seeing this, Ying Qi, Wu Fu, and Li Chengqian and others were naturally shocked again, calling out the methods of the gods.

In this regard, Li Xuan spent a long time explaining before explaining clearly to the crowd.

But still his face was full of shock.

Immediately, Ying Qi and Wu Fu walked out with joy on their faces.